2 Missouri women in late 40s develop badass workout combining yoga & cycling

A workout developed by two women in St Louis, Missouri, combines the love of the two fitness enthusiasts in their late 40s for yoga and cycling. The women are not just toned, but super-fit and could even do a leg split on the ceiling of their living room while upside down.

The 40-second video on the New York Post shows one of the women in a gold workout suit hanging on the ceiling while balancing her bike on her bare feet. The second frame shows one of them hanging from under the steps of their balcony stairs, upside down while doing more exercises, and the other woman is cycling her way down the stairs.

Michelle and Debby will place many women in their teens or 20s to shame, not only because of their svelte figures but also strength since they could balance a racer on one foot while standing upside down on both hands, with one feet planted on the wall to provide stability.

Their hybrid of aerial yoga is different from existing ones such as aerial barre, Pilates, silks and pole across different fitness classes in the US. Shape.com advises people who join aerial yoga classes to be ready for inversions even if they hate doing inverted poses in their regular yoga practice.

Deborah Sweets, group fitness manager at Crunch in New York City, explains, “In aerial yoga, you have the unique opportunity to be completely inverted without gravity to hold you down.” She adds there is lesser chances of falling in aerial yoga because of the hammock to support the yogi, making going head first a little less scary.

Among the benefits of inversion are it lengthens and releases tension in the spine and detoxifies the body by massaging the lymphatic system.

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Source: Aerial Yoga Vienna